Kautz Glacier
The Kautz Glacier is a narrow glacier on the southern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named for August Kautz, who is sometimes credited for the first ascent of Mount Rainier, covers 1.8 square miles and contains 7.8 billion ft3 of ice.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Success Glacier and Van Trump Glacier.
Success Glacier
Glacier
The Success Glacier is a small glacier located on the southwestern slopes of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers 0.3 square miles and contains 500 million cubic ft of ice.
Van Trump Glacier
Glacier
The Van Trump Glacier is a scattering of glaciers and snowfields located on the southern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named after P. B. Van Trump, who was part of an early ascent of Mount Rainier, the glacier covers 0.2 square miles and contains 500 million ft3 of ice.
Kautz Creek Falls
Waterfall
Kautz Creek Falls is a waterfall on Kautz Creek in the Mount Rainier National Park in the state of Washington. It was formed when the Kautz Glacier retreated in the last 50 years, creating a series of long and slender cascades totaling about 400 feet in height down a tall glacial cliff, with a highest drop of 150 feet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paradise.
Paradise
Hamlet
Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paradise is the name of an area at approximately 5,400 feet on the south slope of Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, United States.
Kautz Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 8,871 feet
- Description: glacier on Mount Rainier in the United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.82569° or 46° 49′ 33″ northLongitude
-121.7746° or 121° 46′ 29″ westElevation
8,871 feet (2,704 metres)Open location code
84RWR6GG+75OpenStreetMap ID
way 180072757OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
Discover Kautz Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Kautz Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kautz Glacier”
- German: “Kautz-Gletscher”
- Russian: “ледник Кауц”
- Urdu: “کاوٹز گلیشیر”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Columbia Crest and Indian Henrys Hunting Ground.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Turtle and West Van Trump Park Falls.
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